32C3: Gated Communities (2015) on CCC Event Blog

Call for Subtitles

Sun, 10 Jan 2016 03:33:50 +0000

As you might know, during 32c3 the Subtitles Angels created real-time subtitles for all the talks which took place in Hall 1 and 2. These allowed hearing impaired visitors to follow the talks, and also provided assistance to the non-native German or English speakers.

Foto: CC public domain zero 1.0 by Sanpi via flickr

As the last recordings are being released, the task of creating subtitles for all recording has started. For this we need your help!

If you have the capacity to create subtitles for a talk (perhaps one you wanted to watch in detail anyway), could translate a transcript or would like to do quality control, please check out subtitles.media.ccc.de and join #subtitles on hackint.

Being new to subtitling CCC talks is not a problem at all. Getting started is easy. And if transcribing is not for you, you can always work on the translations and quality control.

If you are willing to help, please take a minute to read through the new work-flow and style guide.
Please also read through these if you have previous experience subtitling CCC talks, because we have redesigned the entire interface to include Amara.

The finished subtitles will be released into the CDN and announced via Twitter at @c3srt_releases.

P.S. Remember the audio problems during the opening event? Subtitles were available all the way through. :-)
And by the way, subtitles also allow machine-indexing of the recordings. That means things like searchable archives become possible.

Service numbers at 32C3

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:03:34 +0000

On Chaos Communication Congress, more than a thousand volunteers, our angels, are helping out in order to make this enormous event happen. They are with building up and tearing down, supplying drinks, recording audio and video, supplying an internet connection, lighting, art installations and much much more.

Angels are here as well to assist you in case of emergency. Should you need assistance during the congress, dial one of the following internal congress-numbers (i.e. Congress-DECT or Congress-GSM, underlined in the text below):

General emergency: internal number 110

contact this number…
– in case of (serious) threat of violence.
– if an argument threatens to escalate.
– in case of any non-medical emergency.

CERT: internal number 112

contact this number when…
– a medical emergency happens.
– you notice unwanted smoke
– a fire breaks out.

Awareness: internal number 113

Call this number when…
– you need help dealing with other people.
– you feel discriminated against or harassed or become the witness of somebody being (also structurally) discriminated against.
– you are being pursued or threatened or have the feeling that you are.
– you need a safe space.
– you need somebody to talk to.

Infodesk: internal number 1111

Call this number…
– for general questions or remarks.
– for positive or negative feedback.
– if you have lost something.
– if you need help with your travel planning or any kind of cultural tips.

To reach the service numbers from your external network, please dial the following numbers:
+49 (0) 40 231889-110 for general emergency
+49 (0) 40 231889-112 for CERT
+49 (0) 40 231889-113 for Awareness
+49 (0) 40 231889-1111 for Infodesk

If you don’t have your own telephone with you, you will find DECT telephones at all bars and at the helpdesk.
Don’t hesitate to ask angels to help you or to connect you with service numbers.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the time at 32C3!
:)

Live Interpretations at 32c3

Sat, 26 Dec 2015 15:26:46 +0000

Following a couple of years of tradition, we will, at 32c3, interpret
all the talks.
Yeah, all of them. Live. German-English, English-German.
For you as a participant that means:

You can listen in on the streams by either selecting the appropriate
stream, or by changing the stream audio channel (if your player allows).
If you are on the Eventphone DECT network, you can dial in to various
streams: 8011 for Saal 1, 8012 for Saal 2, 8014 for Saal G, and 8016 for
Saal 6.

But that’s not all. In order pull this off, we need help. Never tried ?
Don’t worry, we’ll help you to find out if you’re talented. Expert
interpreter? Even better. So if you speak great English AND German
please contact us via e-mail: lingo-content@lists.ccc.de
or via twitter: c3lingo.
We usually meet twice per day, so don’t worry if you miss a meeting.
Just register at the heaven and ask for guidance.

Oh and if you use our services and like what we do, please let us know.
If you don’t like what we do, please tell us how you think we can improve.

#32C3 lecture streaming and recording

Fri, 25 Dec 2015 23:51:53 +0000

Dear Congress visitors and those who didn’t make it: Like in the previous years, the Video Operation Center will provide you with live streams and recordings of all main lecture halls (1, 2, G and 6) and the stage at Sendezentrum. As usual, you’ll find the video and audio streams at https://streaming.media.ccc.de and the recordings at https://media.ccc.de/c/32c3.
We also publish to our YouTube Channel “media.ccc.de” to cater to those with broken playback devices. We’ll continually be publishing the recordings there during Congress. Please avoid linking other channels which re-upload our work (with ads).

If you are unable to join us at the CCH you can also participate in 32C3 remotely as part of Congress Everywhere and meet up at a hackerspace to watch the streams, drink some Mate and ask questions via IRC or Twitter.

Again, we’re happy to be able to bring you additional content: Audio from the “Podcaster-Tisch” (Podcasting-Table) of the Sendezentrum as well as music from the Chaos-West Assembly, the Lounge, the Anti-Error-Lounge and from the Dome on the roof of the CCH.

Like at the previous Congress and this year’s Camp, all videos will be produced and published in HD and we try hard to ensure the best image quality and correct metadata on the files. Thus, we ask you not to record the streams (or at least not to publish such recordings), as those do not live up to the standards we set for our recordings. For the time between a talk and when we publish the recording, you can use the Relive system. We wrote more on the topic of stream dumps in this blog post.

We also did some upgrades with the live subtitles. They should now work on more devices and also when watching the video stream in fullscreen mode. The subtitles team will focus this time exclusively on halls 1 and 2 and wants to cover those 100%. In both halls the live subtitles can be watched on two screens in the front rows as well as on an arbitrary device via a web frontend. For this Angels are still wanted, both for live transcription and as responsible contact person for a hall.
Twitter: @c3subtitles
IRC: #subtitles auf hackint.org

32C3 Video Operation Center
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Twitter: @c3streaming
Feedback: https://streaming.media.ccc.de/32c3/feedback/

Search, find and be found: c3nav – 32C3 Indoor Navigation

Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:39:37 +0000

Even for regular visitors the CCH building with all it’s corridors, foyers, and halls can be a hard to navigate maze. Thankfully some hacker was too lazy to think about how to get someplace and thus built the first congress indoor navigation system.

Check it out at https://c3nav.de/.

In order for your favourite places to be found c3nav needs your help. Go to the project’s github page and create a pull request with your favorite place’s position. Or drop them a tweet to get in touch. And then you can create a QR code encoding that position, hang it up and every visitor can find out exactly where she is by just scanning that QR code.

If you own an Android device you can also install the c3nav app from F-Droid and Google Play or as .apk and use wireless location instead of scanning QR codes to enter your current position. The app also supports sharing of routes and positions, which is really great if you want to help someone finding you. Just send them a c3nav link with your current position. You can also add your favourite places as a quick link to your homescreen, so you can find your way to them with a single touch.

Well, isn’t that pretty cool? Unfortunately it seems like iOS doesn’t offer a wireless scan API, so some hacker has to take a look at that.

Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:24:15 +0000

„Democracy“

In the course of the 32C3 a cinema nearby is going to show the documentary film „

Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“ (mp4) on December, 29th. The Cinema is in a walking distance of about fifteen minutes away from the CCH, near the University of Hamburg. There is no need to worry about the German title, the audio will mostly be mixed between English, German and other European languages and there will be English subtitles.
Following the screening there will be a Q&A-Session with Ralf Bendrath, one of the protagonists in the film and a staff member of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament.

The film captures the work of the chief negotiator Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP, and Viviane Reding, MEP, as well as other stakeholders and participants during their work in the conference hall, on the corridors and in debates with many lobbyists in Brussels. Who makes the laws in Brussels and how? Who tries to ensure which kind of interests? Director David Bernet gives an inside view into the political process about the new data protection law in the EU, a topic which concerns us all.

Cinema:
Abaton-Kino, Allendeplatz 3, 20146 Hamburg,
Film starts December, 29th, at 18:30.
Who already got a reservation (see below) can also go directly to the cinema, of course, here is a map with pedestrian route from the CCH to the Abaton cinema.

Film:
original audio (different languages)
English subtitles (OmenglU)

Gathering point:
In front of the CCH, at the Fairy dust rocket at 17:15.

Gathering point: Fairy Dust.

Who doesn’t already have a cinema ticket or reservation should come to the gathering point. Nevertheless it’s better to get a reservation directly from the cinema (see below).

At 17:30 we walk together from the gathering point to the Abaton cinema.

ticket reservation:
Price: 8 EUR, for 32C3 visitors: 7,50 EUR.
To get the reduced 7,50 EUR price, show your 32C3 ribbon at the cinema’s cash desk.
We’ll also give a few free tickets to 32C3 visitors, favored pupils, students, etc. at the gathering point at the CCH.

Tickets can be bought directly at the cinema’s cash desk from now on or online.
Ticket reservation via telephone (Englisch and German): +49 40 41 320 320, Mo-Fr starting at 15.30 until nearly 22.00, Sa+Su starting at 13.30. Reservations have to be bought at the cinemas cash desk, at least 15 minutes before the film starts. Because of the queue at the cash desk, better be there 30 minutes before the film starts.

No Ticket? Try Congress Everywhere!

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:31:56 +0000

Can’t be in Hamburg? No Ticket? No Problem. Try Congress Everywhere!

Congress everywhere
CC BY 2.0 via flickr/Morgan

There are still various reasons to experience the Congress from a safe distance. Family, job, travel expenses or this year again, no ticket. We are very sorry but the capacity of the building is limited. But we invite all interested people to attend the 32C3 via Congress Everywhere. Watch the

streams, participate via twitter or IRC, celebrate your own Hackcenter experience, drink Tschunk, cook together and have a good time.

You can ask a question to a speaker via IRC or Twitter, you can listen the audio streams and the simultaneous translations via phone (also SIP). You can join the 32C3 network via VPN. You can dispatch a signal angel to an area in the CCH. For an online interactive coming together just use the IRC-channel #32C3-everywhere at hackint.

No 32C3 location in your city? Create a new Congress Everywhere space and add the location in the wiki. During 29C3 we had 34 places in 9 countries, last year even so 31. This year we are very happy to say hello to the already announced spaces in Graz (Austria), Antwerp (Belgium), Sofia (Bulgaria) and in Germany: Berlin, Bochum, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Freiburg, Heilbronn and Siegen.

Please, participate and add your own location!

32C3 Lightning Talks

Sun, 20 Dec 2015 19:30:09 +0000

Did you think that the thrill of sharing your ideas in front of a huge audience at a C3 was something you’d never do? Do you work on a cool project and want to get the word out? Was your talk one of the hundreds that got rejected? Did you come up with an awesome hack that you need to share? Well, you’re in luck because there will be Lightning Talks at 32C3.

Taking place at 12:45 on Days 2, 3 and 4, these fast paced sessions are perfect for pitching new software or hardware projects, exploits, creative pranks or strange ideas you need to get out to a global audience. Even if you don’t have an awesome idea or project to share, a Lightning Talk is perfect for pitching your self organized session, assembly, or even a longer talk you’ll give at the speaker’s corner.

Registration is now open for the Lightning Talk sessions at the 32C3. Act fast to reserve your slot – the last couple of times, lightning talk slots filled up on Day 1, so better hurry! More Lightning talk information can be found at

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2015/wiki/Static:Lightning_Talks

The submission form is at:

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2015/wiki/Form:Lightning

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:47:18 +0000

Ring Ring!

At 32C3, we will again provide to you a phone infrastructure operated by the Phone Operation Center (POC), so do not forget to bring your DECT phone with you (and the right charger, possibly a headset if you have one). In addition to many other features and easter eggs, the audio streams of the talks as well as the simultaneous translations will be available via telephone.

DECT in use – CC BY-Nc 2.0 via flickr/miguel

If you want to find out if your device is compatible with the

POC-PBX, have a look on the DECT Phone Compatibility List in the Eventphone Wiki. Extensions can be registered in the Generic User Registration Utility (Guru).

Welcome to HHackertours – your provider of sightseeing tours for technical enthusiasts!

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:54:43 +0000

Visiting the 32C3 and wondering what the city has to offer? Try one of our tours! Our goal is to show Hamburg to the visitors of the 32C3 like no other tour guide would. We’ve selected fascinating tours showing the behind the scenes of our most fascinating technology related sites.

Save a seat for a tour on our webpage.

Here’s a list of our tours (English and German):

DESY – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via flickr/Kay_B

DESY

If you’ve ever wanted to stand next to a particle accelerator, DESY is the place for you. One of Europe’s leading accelerator research centers, our tour will give you an idea of how particle physics and a host of other sciences are advancing with the help of scientists from all around the world. No special physics background necessary!

U-434

U-434 – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via flickr/destinyuk*

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, more than 150 submarines have been decommissioned, the most in 1995. Only very rarely are they handed over by the Russian government, in consultation with the intelligence, into museum operations. As a spy submarine U-434 (Russian B-515) was used for special purpose secret spy missions off the east coast of the US and long patrols in the territorial waters of the Soviet Union.

MS Stubnitz

The MS Stubnitz is a large ex-fishing Vessel, made in the GDR and commissioned in 1964. She is one of the last examples of the shipbuilding-skills of the socialist countries and she remains mostly in her original configuration. She has been used for Fleet-fishing of herring.

MS Stubnitz – CC BY-NC 2.0 via flickr/Rain Rabbit

During that times she was able to deep-freeze 60 tons of fish per day and to store nearly 2000m³ of deepfrozen fish. After the fall of the Wall, the MS Stubnitz was transformed into a cultural arche. The Cargoholds got emptied of fish-production machinery and were transformed into concert venues with an impressive soundsystem. The electromechanical main-engine, the bridge, the ship hospital, the enormous DC-system to freeze tons of fish and the radioroom remain unchanged and are still in original and working condition.

Miniatur Wunderland Backstage

Miniatur Wunderland – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via flickr/Norman Z

Get an in-depth view of the internal wiring, decoders, computers etc. Explore the details of the ‚intelligent‘ car system and the process behind it. During the tour one of the guides will give you details on concepts, model building, construction and technology. You are encouraged to take photographs any time! Included in the price is a day-pass for the whole exhibition.

German only:

Deutsches Zusatzstoffmuseum

Zur Herstellung von Lebensmitteln werden Tausende von Zusätzen beigemischt. Im Deutschen Zusatzstoffmuseum in Hamburg erfahren Sie vieles über die Funktion, Herstellung sowie Risiken und Nebenwirkungen von Zusatzstoffen. Lernen Sie anhand alltäglicher Produkte die Welt von Emulgatoren und Stabilisatoren, von Farb- und Konservierungsstoffen, von Aromen, Backmitteln und Geschmacksverstärkern kennen.

Cap San Diego

Cap San Diego – CC BY-NC 2.0 via flickr/Sabine Nüsch

Die Cap San Diego ist das größte fahrtüchtige Museums-Frachtschiff der Welt. Ihre elegante Silhouette gehört zum Hamburger Hafenpanorama wie die Speicherstadt und der Michel. Touristen lieben sie, die Crew und 45 ehrenamtlich tätige Seemänner im Ruhestand halten sie mit viel Engagement in Schuss. Die Cap San Diego ist das letzte noch erhaltene Schiff einer Serie von sechs schnellen Stückgutfrachtern, die 1961/62 für die Reederei Hamburg Süd gebaut wurden und bis Ende 1981 vorzugsweise nach Südamerika gefahren sind. Seit 1988 ist die Cap San Diego ein Museumsschiff, seit 2003 zudem maritimes Denkmal und schwimmendes Hotel, das heute seinen Liegeplatz an der Überseebrücke in Hamburg hat.

See you soon!

32C3 CTF

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:11:54 +0000

Dear Congress visitors,

CC BY-NC 2.0 via flickr/security4all

for the fourth time at the Congress, we will organize a Capture The Flag competition, which will be open to all participants, on-site and online. Gather some friends and

register your team. In good tradition, this years challenges are heavily biased towards binary exploitation. Ports will open at 20.00 UTC (21.00 local time) on December 27th and expect your ropchains for 48 hours straight. The competition will be in Jeopardy style and does not need any setup on your side.

This years winner will be qualified for the DEFCON CTF 2016 going down in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. If you’re playing on-site, be sure to pay us a visit! For any questions, best join our IRC channel, #32c3ctf on hackint.

Have fun and good luck,
StratumAuhuur

32C3 Ticket Status

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:32:37 +0000

As of Saturday morning, the 32c3 ticket presale is sold out. We are overwhelmed by the enormous number of people who want to join us in Hamburg, but unfortunately the venue’s capacity is limited. Therefore, there will not be another batch of tickets for presale.

No more tickets in pre-sale. CC BY-NC 2.0 via flickr/Sascha Ludwig

There will be an also

very limited amount of day passes for sale on-site. Please note that due to the Junghackertag the number of day passes available for sale will be particularly low on day two.

Call for Heralds

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:00:13 +0000

Are you able to speak English (and ideally also German) fluently in front of a large crowd?
Be prepared – for the time being, you might be the face of the Congress!

We are in the process of building our team of Heralds in preparation for 32C3 and we decided to change things a bit for this year’s Congress!

What are Heralds? Heralds vocalize general announcements to the audience, manage the Q&A after the talks and – most importantly – introduce the speakers to the crowd. Starting this year, we want Heralds to be able to focus solely on the speaker and the topic of the talk at hand.

We want you to be the best Heralds possible, so from now on, Heralds will not only be responsible for all the talks within a four hour time slot, you are also given the possibility to sign up early (read: now!), enabling you to prepare in advance of the Congress. We hope this will put Heralds less „on the spot“ and provide an even better Congress experience for everyone involved.

Mail us!

If the preliminary Fahrplan piqued your interest and you feel up to the job, please mail us, noting the talks you are interested in, ideally with a short introduction and why you feel best suited for the talks you chose, at 32c3-herald(at)cccv.de.

Please do so until December, 16th, 2015!

More information about Heralds can be found in the wiki.

Picture: CC BY-SA 2.0 by hudson

Self Organized Sessions

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:13:09 +0000

Finally we figured out what rooms we can provide for self organized sessions. Please go ahead and enter yours!

32C3 halfnarp is online

Sun, 22 Nov 2015 19:38:28 +0000

After last year’s successful introduction of the halfnarp Fahrplan tuning tool, we’d like to offer you a first glimps at the submissions our restless content crews have accepted for the 32C3 Fahrplan so far.

Feel free to share your event favorites with our halfnarp server and your friends to help us make the Fahrplan better and to inspire your friends or followers what lectures to attend this year.